DOMAINE TALMARD MÂCON-UCHIZY 2023

A delicious Chardonnay from the Maconnaise village of Uchizy. Talmard is a quality-obsessed producer who only produces a village wine from here. So this humbly priced bottle is from 40 year old vines in their beautiful Uchizy vineyards. It is harmonious and medium-weighted, with ripe stone fruit and citrus cut gently cut through with minerality.

As top Burgundy prices skyrocket and the cheaper Macon gets increasing attention, Domaine Talmard have formed a reputation as one of Burgundy's greatest Chardonnay bargains. Less than an hour's drive south of Puligny Montrachet and near the town actually called Chardonnay, the Talmard family have farmed since the 17th Century with grandfather Joseph first planting grapes at Uchizy. In 1971 his son Paul decided to go it alone rather than supply the local wine co-op, and today Paul's daughter Mallory and husband Benjamin are the inspiration and winemakers behind Talmard. By intense focus on vineyard management, harvesting at perfect ripeness, and channeling even top fruit into these basic 'village' wines, Domaine Talmard wildly over-deliver on the Maconnais proposition – white Burgundies of extreme quality for value.